Nelson Street & Dennett Place

Nelson Street and Dennett Place meet at a three-way junction in Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Admiral Triangle is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Smith-9 Sts, is about three minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 26 places to eat.

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Nelson Street & Dennett Place Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Smith-9 Sts, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Smith-9 Sts F, G
    810 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Carroll St F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Court St/Nelson St, 420 feet away, for the B57.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court St/Nelson St B57
    420 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Court St & Huntington St 33 docks in all
    510 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway at Nelson Street & Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 327 Hamilton Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1 Beard Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11231
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 6
City Council district
39
Police precinct
76
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and November 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Dennett Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Dennett Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Nelson Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. International School of Brooklyn School
    250 feet
  2. Ladybug Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  3. Charlotte's Place Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Choo Choo Train Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Mary's Park
    60 feet
  2. St. Mary's Park Playground
    110 feet
  3. Admiral Triangle Playground
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cough Triangle
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Star of the Sea RC Church House of worship
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.